What is the Greatest Common Factor of 47159 and 47178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 47159 and 47178 is 1.

GCF(47159,47178) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 47159 and 47178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 47159 and 47178.

How to find the GCF of 47159 and 47178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 47159 and 47178. After we will calculate the factors of 47159 and 47178 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 47159

Prime factors of 47159 are 7, 6737. Prime factorization of 47159 in exponential form is:

47159 = 7¹ × 6737¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 47178

Prime factors of 47178 are 2, 3, 2621. Prime factorization of 47178 in exponential form is:

47178 = 2¹ × 3² × 2621¹

Step-3: Factors of 47159

List of positive integer factors of 47159 that divides 47159 without a remainder.

1, 7, 6737

Step-4: Factors of 47178

List of positive integer factors of 47178 that divides 47159 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 2621, 5242, 7863, 15726, 23589

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 47159 and 47178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 47159 and 47178 is 1.

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